Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia will help fight wildfires in California, and the federal government is co-ordinatin...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met President-elect Donald Trump on the evening of Jan. 11 at Trump-owned Mar-a-lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.Smith and Trump also met at his golf club on the morni...

The St. Joseph High School (SJHS) theatre crew's latest production, Big Fish. is so good, it needs Red Deer's Memorial Centre to contain it.SJHS presents Big Fish: The Musical, Feb. 27 through March 1...

It's been an unusual week for the Red Deer Rebels.Following a busy trade deadline that created plenty of change throughout the organization, the Rebels debuted multiple players on Friday and more on S...

The Alberta RCMP are advising of poor driving conditions across the province because of freezing rain.In many areas across central and northern Alberta, the freezing rain has caused numerous collision...

Pre-engagement has closed for the beginning of phase two of updating Red Deer's Zoning Bylaw, a step that proposes changes to public service, parks and recreation and other zones within the city. Resi...

The Red Deer region saw a rise in its unemployment rate in December, coming in at 7.6 per cent, the highest rate in the province. That's up from 6.9 per cent in November, but down slightly from 7.9 pe...

According to the latest data supplied to the Alberta substance use surveillance system, opioid-related deaths were down in Red Deer during last year's third quarter (Q3 2024).The data was recently upd...

EDMONTON Alberta United Conservative members of the legislature have voted to boost MLA salaries for the first time since 2013. Chief government whip Shane Getson says the annual pay raise, which begi...

Red Deer was among the cheapest cities in average rent asking price for purpose-built and condo rental apartments among small and midsize markets in December.According to the latest National Rent Repo...